Conduit for traction-rope or endless-cable railways.



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Z. P. BOYER. GONDUIT FOR TRACTION ROPE OR ENDLESS CABLE. RAILWAYS. No. 298,819.

Patented May 20. 1884.

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CONDUIT FOR TRACTION-ROPE CR ENDLESS-CABLE RAILVVAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,819, dated May 20, 1884..

Application filed March 15, 1884.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZACOUR PRALL BOYER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in G011- duits for Traction-Rope or Endless-Gable Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements upon the invention shown and described in my application for a patent for improvements in such conduits filed by me in the Patent Office of the United States February 25, 1884, No. 121,915, this being a simpler and cheaper mode of accomplishing substantially the same results therein set forth, with the advantage of dispensing with the necessity of displacing rails already fixed in position on the road, so that a conduit can be laid between the rails of a road already established and in operation without interfering with the road or the movement of cars over the line While the conduit is being laid. These desired objects are effected by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse section showing the yoke in elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a detail of a Trail used for my purpose.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the. Trail, of which a is the shank. B B are the slot-rails. O O are brace-rods connecting the slot-irons and the wings of the yoke, and D D are brace-rods connecting said wings with the sills of the track-rails. E is the tubing of the conduit; F, the sills on which I rest the rails of the road.

The yoke represented in the drawings is constructed of rolled iron or steel, preferably of a T-rail, such as in common use on railroads, said yoke being in form approximately that of a horseshoe, with horizontal wings extending at nearly a right angle therefrom, and to a point intermediate between the sills upon which rest the rails and the conduit. Said yoke surrounds and supports said conduit. I form said wings and so connect them with the bowed portion of the yoke as to provide level bearings b for the slot-irons B.

Each brace O is connected with the wings in any suitable manner, and for that purpose I have shown the wings perforated to receive (No model.)

the bent or hook-shaped end of the brace. The other end may likewise be secured to the web of the slot-iron by suitable meanssuch,

for instance, as by a nut upon the brace passed through said iron. The braces D D are secured by one end to the wing, and by the other to the sills of the track. The yokes are firmly set in permanent masonry, to prevent any settling or swerving of the tube, and the rails are maintained in due parallelism therewith by the braces D.

It will readily be understood that by these means all the parts will be rigidly held in position. It will also be observed that there is a saving in metal over my former invention for the same general purpose hereinbefore mentioned, inasmuch as the wings eX- tend only about half-way from the yoke to the sill, for which reason, also, disturbance of rails already laid is avoided, so that my invention can be applied without interfering 7 5 materially with the passing of cars along the line of rails while in process of construction.

I am aware that T-rails have before been used to form yokes for the conduits. of cable railways, and I do not broadly claim the same 5 but IV hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a conduit for traction-rope or endlesscable railways, the yoke in form approximately that of a horseshoe having wings eX- tending therefrom at nearlya right angle toward but not to the sills of the track, and forming the bearings b for the slot-irons, and provided with means for the attachment of 0 braces connecting it with the slot-irons and the sills, all substantially as shown and described.

2. In a conduit for traction-rope or endlesscable railways, the yoke in form approxi- 5 mately that of a horseshoe having wings extending therefrom at nearly a right angle to a point about half-way between the body of the conduit or tubing E and the sill F, each of said wings having two holes, in combination with the slot-irons and sills and braces O O and D D, all arranged, constructed, and operating substantially as set forth and described.

ZAGOUR PRALL BOYER.

\Vitnesses:

IVM. N. MOORE,

Lon. E. BROWNE. 

